(Based on Joffe Foundation archives and research, published in 2015) Over half a century ago, on 12 June 1965, the KGB carried out 30 raids in Leningrad, targeting those involved in the production and circulation of The Bell (Kolokol), an underground magazine [1]. In recent years the Joffe Foundation in St. Petersburg has gathered, written … Continue reading “Bell Affair”, 1965 onwards
«Vesti iz SSSR» [R], 1986 (22/23-1; 15 December). On 8 December 1986 Anatoly Tikhonovich MARCHENKO (b. 1938), a political prisoner for many years, died in the maximum-security Chistopol Prison (Tatarstan). * HUNGER STRIKE. For several months prior to his death, Marchenko had been on hunger strike, which he began on 8 August 1986 (1986: 17-7). … Continue reading The Death of Anatoly Marchenko (1938-1986)
